I said very long ago that the actual "publisher" system was misconceived (maybe due to vbulletin restriction in the way to make stuff, I don't know)
firstly, why submission and edit page must have "Imprint / Publisher (Distributor)" in the same field?
catalog has 1 field, Price has 1 field etc
but album title and publisher fields have 1 field for several info
there should be 1 field for label or manufacturer + 1 field for distributor (therefore 2 distinct fields)
then about imprint/publisher, my opinion is as follows
* label should be always used without its parent record company aka manufacturer (and falsely named publisher)
because the label already belongs to its parent record company, it's pointless and could be redundant
nonsense -> King Records / King Record Co Ltd (Distributed by King Record Co Ltd)
sense -----> King Records (Distributed by King Record Co Ltd)
* manufacturer should be used when the label isn't directly implied in the producing process (enclosures for example)
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